His friends say that the two clashed from the beginning of the Defence Secretary’s appointment – and suggest a vendetta.
The implication of the letter is that the former Defence Secretary withheld evidence from Mark Sedwill’s leak inquiry.
“I am confident that a thorough and full enquiry would have vindicated my position.”
“The Prime Minister’s decision has been informed by his conduct surrounding the investigation.”
Plus: What would it take to get the Cabinet leavers to resign? Clarke’s Maastricht Treaty Customs Union moment. And: in defence of Robbie Gibb.
Now some of these MPs may have been ill, or absent, or abroad. But how many were slipped with the connivance of the system?
Such as: do you see Brexit as a help or a hindrance – and what’s your vision for our post-Leave country?
Also: Eleven candidates prepare to fight Newport West by-election; Trimble hints that backstop changes could be enough; and more.
As a free vote, this may give us the clearest picture of the divisions at the very top of the Party over how to approach Brexit.
Also: Ministers brace for fight with SNP over ‘Stronger Towns Fund’; Scottish Government backpedalling hard on welfare devolution; and more.